What The Hell?--I Just Got a Warning for Telling This TV Song Story for “Viewer Sensitivity”

Today, we’re going back to the 70s for another helping of great TV theme songs. This time we’ve got some perfect themes that will take you back, including a gritty, action-packed cop show Starsky & Hutch, that was named as an “accessory to the crime” in a highly publicized court case… And because of public outcry, the show had to completely rework its theme song. In fact, the hit show changed its theme song every single season! Then on the other end of the spectrum, there’s a wholesome family sitcom, The Brady Bunch, with one of the most recognizable theme songs ever. But they had the cast sing it, and one of the main kids was so tone deaf they had to secretly MUTE his mic during the recording. He didn’t find out for decades. Plus, one of the actors on the show who was 15 at the time asked his 36-year-old TV mom out on a date. And she actually said yes… but you gotta hear the story. And then there’s the Saturday morning show Land of the Lost where they had to rewrite the theme song because the lead actor quit after a disagreement over a lunchbox. Let’s get started. 70s TV Theme Countdown Part 1:    • TV CAST WAS SUPPOSED To Sing This Theme So...   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers Holly Hammet, Remnarc, Kevin riley, Paul Moore II, CharleyAnne ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to the Professor of Rock Podcast Apple: https://apple.co/445fVov Spotify: https://spoti.fi/42JpfvU Amazon: https://amzn.to/44b5D6m iHeartRadio: https://bit.ly/444h8MO ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patreon: http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Merch Store: https://professor-of-rock-lsn-shop.fo... Instagram: https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of... #classicrock #70smusic #vinylstory #onehitwonder Hey Music Junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. If you ever used the power glove on the Nintendo, you’ll dig this channel of deep musical nostalgia. Alright, it’s time to go back to the 70s, where TV theme songs made our hearts burst with joy. Forget about your troubles. It’s time to get happy. At #7, it’s the theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. This groundbreaking sitcom starred the great Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards, an independent, 30-something single woman who moved to Minneapolis after a broken engagement. Subverting the era's traditional sitcom mold of housewives and mothers, Mary lands a job as an associate producer at a struggling evening news station. The show centers on Mary’s workplace dynamic rather than her dating life. Led by her gruff boss Lou Grant, the newsroom included insecure anchorman Ted Baxter and cynical head writer Murray Slaughter… The supporting cast also included Mary's neighborhood friends, Rhoda Morgenstern and Phyllis Lindstrom. The series balanced character-driven workplace comedy with progressive social commentary. Over its celebrated 7-season run, the show tackled previously taboo themes like equal pay for women, premarital sex, infidelity, and divorce… all while maintaining a warm sense of humor. The Mary Tyler Moore Show revolutionized television by proving that a single, career-driven woman could anchor a prime-time series and capture the heart of the America. The show's iconic theme song, "Love Is All Around," is widely considered one of the greatest television anthems of all time. Songwriter Sonny Curtis (a former member of Buddy Holly's Crickets) explained in a detailed interview how the legendary track was born. At 11:00 AM on a random morning, a friend in the know called Curtis to tell him that CBS was developing a new Mary Tyler Moore sitcom, and that it needed a theme. During his lunch break at noon, this friend dropped off a loose, four-page synopsis of the show's premise. Curtis sat on his floor with his guitar and, by 2:00 PM, he had written the first verse. Sonny immediately drove to the CBS lot to meet with the show’s creator James Brooks, who was notoriously cold to him, stating, "We're not nearly to that part of the show yet.” Undeterred, Curtis sat in an empty room on an iron chair and sang it anyway. Brooks' demeanor instantly changed when he heard it, and he started frantically calling people into the room. Brooks loved it so much that he made Curtis sing it over and over again… something like 10 times in a row until the room was packed. And by the end of the afternoon, James Brooks demanded a cassette of the song recording to take to Minneapolis so that he could shoot the opening credits. After the show's first season, the lines were changed, with the latter switching from the doubtful "You might just make it after all" to the more confident "You're